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Consecutive BEd Program

• Standards and Procedures for Admission to the Consecutive Program
• Procedures
• Duration of the Consecutive Practicum (some program schedules vary)

The Consecutive BEd program runs over an extended academic year. Candidates receive an introduction to the teaching profession and are oriented to campus facilities and to their host schools in the last week of August. The practice teaching and course work of the program continue through to the following June.

Successful graduates receive a BEd degree as well as a recommendation for the Ontario Certificate of Qualification.

Standards and Procedures for Admission to the Consecutive Program

Applicants must hold an approved degree from an accredited degree granting institution and must present a GPA of 6.0 (on a York scale or equivalent B or 70 per cent) based on the final 60 credits or equivalent (10 full courses, or final two years of full-time study) in an undergraduate degree program.

Primary/Junior: Applicants will be given preference if they have completed 6 credits (one full university course) or equivalent, in English, as well as 6 credits (one full university course or equivalent) in a curriculum subject area.

Primary/Junior: Articulated for Graduates in Early Childhood Education: an ECE Diploma from a College of Applied Arts and Technology. Applicants will be given preference if they have completed 6 credits (one full university course) or equivalent, in English as well as 6 credits (one full university course or equivalent) in a curriculum subject area.

Junior/Intermediate: Must choose one teaching subject and must have completed 24 credits in the selected teaching subject. Applicants will be given preference if they have completed 6 credits (one full university course or equivalent) in English, as well as having a B average on the selected teaching subject courses. Teaching subjects available are: Computer Science, Dance, Drama, English, Environmental Science, French, Geography, History, Mathematics, Music, Physical and Health Education, Religious Studies, Science, Visual Arts.

Junior/Intermediate (Mathematics/Science/Technology): Must choose one teaching subject and must have completed 24 credits in the selected teaching subject. Applicants will be given preference if they have completed 6 credits (one full university course or equivalent) in English, as well as having a B average on the selected teaching subject courses. Teaching subjects available are: Mathematics and Science (General).

Junior/Intermediate (Fine Arts): Must have either a degree in Fine Arts or an undergraduate degree with at least 12 credits in one of the teaching subjects, as well as training and/or professional experience in the field. Teaching subjects available are: Dance, Drama, Music, Visual Arts.

Intermediate/Senior: Must choose two teaching subjects and must have completed, or be completing, an Honours program with at least 36 credits in the first teaching subject and 18 credits in the second teaching subject. Preference will be given to applicants who have a minimum B average on the courses applicable to each teaching subject. Teaching subjects available are: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Dance, Drama, Economics, English, Environmental Science, French, Geography, History, Individual and Society, Italian, Mathematics, Music, Physical and Health Education, Physics, Religious Studies, Science*, Spanish, Visual Arts.

*Note: Science-General is not available at the Intermediate/Senior level to those selecting Biology, Chemistry or Physics as a teaching subject.

Intermediate/Senior (Mathematics/Science/Technology): Must choose two teaching subjects and must have completed, or be completing, an Honours program with at least 36 credits in the first teaching subject and 18 credits in the second teaching subject. Preference will be given to applicants who have a minimum B average on the courses applicable to each teaching subject. Teaching subjects available are: Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science-General.

Note: Science-General is not available at the Intermediate/Senior level to those selecting Biology, Chemistry or Physics as a teaching subject.

Successful candidates are normally selected on the basis of education-related experience, references, university grade point averages and individual interviews.

Note: an application will not be regarded as complete until all documents and materials have been received by the Faculty of Education.

Procedures

Application forms for the Consecutive program are available beginning in September through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) at www.ouac.on.ca/teas or by calling 519-823-1940 extension 574. Supplementary application forms can be downloaded from www.ouac.on.ca/teas or www.edu.yorku.ca or by calling the Ontario Universities' Application Centre at the number above.

Duration of the Consecutive Practicum (some program schedules vary)

Last week of August: (School `A')

• Initial school contact
• First week of September: (School `A')
• Opening week block for observation and orientation in host school
• September to December:
• Normally 2 days per week in host school
• 2-week teaching block in November
• January to June: (School `B')
• Observation and orientation in new host school during the first week
• Normally 2 days per week in new host school
• 2-week teaching block in March
• 3-week teaching block in May